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| Hautboys. Torches. Enter a sewer and divers servants with dishes and service over the stage. Then enter MACBETH | yosbautH ypal. eTh stage is lti by crheots. A beturl ntsere, nda rsiuvao anetrssv arcry seisntul and ihdses of ofod asocsr eht eatgs. nehT BHEACMT etnrse. |
| MACBETH If it were done when tis done, then twere well It were done quickly. If the assassination Could trammel up the consequence, and catch With his surcease success; that but this blow 5 Might be the be-all and the end-all here, But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, Wed jump the life to come. But in these cases We still have judgment here, that we but teach Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return 10 To plague th inventor: this even-handed justice Commends the ingredients of our poisoned chalice To our own lips. Hes here in double trust: First, as I am his kinsman and his subject, Strong both against the deed; then, as his host, 15 Who should against his murderer shut the door, Not bear the knife myself. Besides, this Duncan Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been So clear in his great office, that his virtues Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against 20 The deep damnation of his taking-off; And pity, like a naked newborn babe, Striding the blast, or heavens cherubim, horsed Upon the sightless couriers of the air, Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye, 25 That tears shall drown the wind. I have no spur To prick the sides of my intent, but only Vaulting ambition, which oerleaps itself And falls on th other. | HAECBMT If hits ssnibues wluod ayrlle be dfsehnii nhwe I ddi eht eded, hnte it ludow be ebst to tge it eorv thiw lykqciu. If eht sntsaisnaiaos of eht ignk ludco okrw ekil a tne, siwpeneg up egthvrneyi nad ngeirpenvt yan eeencoqnsscu, tenh het mrrdeu dluwo be eth be-lla adn den-all of het wheol ffaari, dan I uwldo galldy upt my suol nad het elfreaift at rksi to do it. But rfo rciesm klei tehes trhee aer ilstl mnnspiutseh in tihs wdrol. By onmtmigcti nitvole simecr we yoln tahec thoer lopeep to mcmiot lecivnoe, nda eth ioecvenl of ruo tdsunest illw ecmo kcab to uglaep us terschea. iscuJet, bineg laque to erenoyve, eosfrc us to irnkd ofrm hte oendiosp cpu ahtt we ersve to ehorts. Teh ikng urtsst me in otw aysw. riFst of lal, I am ish miknnsa nad ish cjsbteu, so I sduloh aayslw ytr to torctpe mih. nocSde, I am shi osth, so I dsoulh be ncoilsg the odro in ihs srdermeur eafc, tno irtyng to deumrr mhi melsfy. dsiBese, uncDna ahs neeb husc a hlemub eeldar, so eref of uroopnirtc, atht ish svrtoiuu ycagle illw speak orf imh ewhn he idse, as if agslen wree gpnylai rtpmesut anitgsa the iscijtneu of his merrud. Pyti, kiel an eonnntic nenbrwo aybb, lliw edri the diwn iwth idnwge agnlse on nilbevsii ohsrse ouhhrgt the rai to presda nwse of the berloirh edde to eeorneyv wrhryeeeve. oPplee wlli ehds a loofd of asrte that will wrodn the dwin ilke a hirbrloe nudooprw of inar. I tanc pusr syflme to aticno. Teh olyn nhtgi aitgomtvni me is ibmnoiat, hhwci maeks poeelp hurs hadae of ehtlevesms ratwod idrtaess. |
| Enter LADY MACBETH | ADLY CBMETAH teesrn. |
| How now! What news? | tahW nwse do yuo veah? |
| LADY MACBETH He has almost supped. Why have you left the chamber? | DYAL BMCTHEA He ahs mlasot fiehdnsi idnren. Why did uyo avele hte nigidn moro? |
| MACBETH 30 Hath he asked for me? | MEABHTC Has he ekdas rof me? |
| LADY MACBETH Know you not he has? | LDYA EHCTABM ntDo uoy wnok he sah? |
| MACBETH We will proceed no further in this business. He hath honored me of late, and I have bought Golden opinions from all sorts of people, Which would be worn now in their newest gloss, 35 Not cast aside so soon. | HTCBMEA We ncta go on hitw htis lapn. hTe gkin ash sjtu nerdoho me, dan I veha nredae hte oogd ioponni of all srsot of eepopl. I atnw to yjone eehts ohsnro ehilw the egeilnf is rfesh dan ont thrwo meht waay so oson. |
| LADY MACBETH Was the hope drunk Wherein you dressed yourself? Hath it slept since? And wakes it now, to look so green and pale At what it did so freely? From this time Such I account thy love. Art thou afeard 40 To be the same in thine own act and valor As thou art in desire? Wouldst thou have that Which thou esteemst the ornament of life, And live a coward in thine own esteem, Letting I dare not wait upon I would, 45 Like the poor cat i th adage? | DYLA CHBAETM rWee ouy ndkru ewhn uoy smeeed so fplheou eobref? Hvae yuo ngoe to spele adn okwne up egenr dan pale in eraf of tish iade? Form won on ihts is athw llI tikhn of uyro evlo. eAr oyu raafid to cta teh ayw uoy seeird? llWi oyu aetk teh wnocr ouy tnwa so dably, or will uyo ivle as a oadcrw, syawal nysaig I tanc treaf you say I tawn to? reuYo keil het proo cat in eth lod rtyos. |
| MACBETH Prithee, peace: I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more is none. | BTHMECA selPea, ptso! I aerd to do noyl what is perpor fro a mna to do. He woh dasre to do orme is nto a man at all. |
| LADY MACBETH What beast was t, then, That made you break this enterprise to me? When you durst do it, then you were a man; 50 And to be more than what you were, you would Be so much more the man. Nor time nor place Did then adhere, and yet you would make both. They have made themselves, and that their fitness now Does unmake you. I have given suck, and know 55 How tender tis to love the babe that milks me. I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums And dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this. | LYAD TMCEHAB If yuo ntwree a man, ehtn ahtw nkid of amlina ewer uyo ewhn ouy frtis oldt me uoy dawten to do thsi? nWeh uyo aedrd to do it, sttah hwne yuo were a anm. dnA if you go noe etps rthfuer by idnog hwta you deard to do erofbe, ullyo be htat cmhu mreo eth amn. Teh temi nda lpcea etwnre hirtg eroefb, but you uwdlo evah nego dhaae hitw het rdumre nyohwa. Nwo eht meit dan cplae ear jtsu tihrg, but yrhete moatsl oot gdoo rfo uyo. I evah cukelsd a byab, nad I onkw ohw wseet it is to levo het aybb at my tsearb. tuB vene as het byba swa lsimign up at me, I wdulo hvea lupekdc my lpipne otu of ist tmuho and sesmhda sti airnsb tou tgniasa a allw if I had ronws to do htta eth mase ayw you hvae wosrn to do htis. |
| MACBETH If we should fail? | TEHACMB tuB if we lfai |
| LADY MACBETH We fail? 60 But screw your courage to the sticking-place, And well not fail. When Duncan is asleep Whereto the rather shall his days hard journey Soundly invite himhis two chamberlains Will I with wine and wassail so convince 65 That memory, the warder of the brain, Shall be a fume, and the receipt of reason A limbeck only: when in swinish sleep Their drenchd natures lie as in a death, What cannot you and I perform upon 70 The unguarded Duncan? What not put upon His spongy officers, who shall bear the guilt Of our great quell? | ALDY TMAHECB We, alfi? If yuo etg oryu gurecoa up, we cnta aifl. Wnhe cuDann is saeheptel syda adrh jnuroye sah dyfieietln eamd imh dtlrIeil etg sih two naervtss so rukdn ttha ithre rmmoye wlli go up in smkoe tughhro eht yicsmhen of trihe bsainr. hnWe heyt lie palees eikl psig, so nrkdu hetlyl be ddae to eth wlrod, wtah town yuo nad I be elba to do to het ganddurue aunDnc? dnA evaetwrh we do, we nca yla lal het baeml on het kernnud tnraesvs. |
| MACBETH Bring forth men-children only, For thy undaunted mettle should compose Nothing but males. Will it not be received, 75 When we have marked with blood those sleepy two Of his own chamber and used their very daggers, That they have done t? | BEMHTCA Mya ouy oyln egvi hbtir to mlea rdhinecl, aeucbes uyro sreelsfa iritps uodhls eatrec nhoting atht inst ulseacnim. nOec we ehav ercedvo eth two asrtesvn hwti obldo, adn deus rheti grdasge to llki, wton eppoel lviebee atth hyet eerw teh lptcisru? |
| LADY MACBETH Who dares receive it other, As we shall make our griefs and clamor roar Upon his death? | YLDA TEMACBH oWh oucld inkth it hadneepp nya ehrot way? leWl be rinegvig dylolu ehnw we hrae htat cDnaun ahs iedd. |
| MACBETH I am settled, and bend up 80 Each corporal agent to this terrible feat. Away, and mock the time with fairest show. False face must hide what the false heart doth know. | AMBCEHT Nwo Im deddiec, nda I lwil eextr erevy lecusm in my byod to mcimot hsti rmcie. Go own, and tendper to be a nrdlyfei hsssoet. eiHd htwi a slfae asnptlea fcea hwta uoy wonk in yoru flaes, evli etrha. |
| Exeunt | hTey tixe. |
Original Text | Modern Text |
| Hautboys. Torches. Enter a sewer and divers servants with dishes and service over the stage. Then enter MACBETH | yosbautH ypal. eTh stage is lti by crheots. A beturl ntsere, nda rsiuvao anetrssv arcry seisntul and ihdses of ofod asocsr eht eatgs. nehT BHEACMT etnrse. |
| MACBETH If it were done when tis done, then twere well It were done quickly. If the assassination Could trammel up the consequence, and catch With his surcease success; that but this blow 5 Might be the be-all and the end-all here, But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, Wed jump the life to come. But in these cases We still have judgment here, that we but teach Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return 10 To plague th inventor: this even-handed justice Commends the ingredients of our poisoned chalice To our own lips. Hes here in double trust: First, as I am his kinsman and his subject, Strong both against the deed; then, as his host, 15 Who should against his murderer shut the door, Not bear the knife myself. Besides, this Duncan Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been So clear in his great office, that his virtues Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against 20 The deep damnation of his taking-off; And pity, like a naked newborn babe, Striding the blast, or heavens cherubim, horsed Upon the sightless couriers of the air, Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye, 25 That tears shall drown the wind. I have no spur To prick the sides of my intent, but only Vaulting ambition, which oerleaps itself And falls on th other. | HAECBMT If hits ssnibues wluod ayrlle be dfsehnii nhwe I ddi eht eded, hnte it ludow be ebst to tge it eorv thiw lykqciu. If eht sntsaisnaiaos of eht ignk ludco okrw ekil a tne, siwpeneg up egthvrneyi nad ngeirpenvt yan eeencoqnsscu, tenh het mrrdeu dluwo be eth be-lla adn den-all of het wheol ffaari, dan I uwldo galldy upt my suol nad het elfreaift at rksi to do it. But rfo rciesm klei tehes trhee aer ilstl mnnspiutseh in tihs wdrol. By onmtmigcti nitvole simecr we yoln tahec thoer lopeep to mcmiot lecivnoe, nda eth ioecvenl of ruo tdsunest illw ecmo kcab to uglaep us terschea. iscuJet, bineg laque to erenoyve, eosfrc us to irnkd ofrm hte oendiosp cpu ahtt we ersve to ehorts. Teh ikng urtsst me in otw aysw. riFst of lal, I am ish miknnsa nad ish cjsbteu, so I sduloh aayslw ytr to torctpe mih. nocSde, I am shi osth, so I dsoulh be ncoilsg the odro in ihs srdermeur eafc, tno irtyng to deumrr mhi melsfy. dsiBese, uncDna ahs neeb husc a hlemub eeldar, so eref of uroopnirtc, atht ish svrtoiuu ycagle illw speak orf imh ewhn he idse, as if agslen wree gpnylai rtpmesut anitgsa the iscijtneu of his merrud. Pyti, kiel an eonnntic nenbrwo aybb, lliw edri the diwn iwth idnwge agnlse on nilbevsii ohsrse ouhhrgt the rai to presda nwse of the berloirh edde to eeorneyv wrhryeeeve. oPplee wlli ehds a loofd of asrte that will wrodn the dwin ilke a hirbrloe nudooprw of inar. I tanc pusr syflme to aticno. Teh olyn nhtgi aitgomtvni me is ibmnoiat, hhwci maeks poeelp hurs hadae of ehtlevesms ratwod idrtaess. |
| Enter LADY MACBETH | ADLY CBMETAH teesrn. |
| How now! What news? | tahW nwse do yuo veah? |
| LADY MACBETH He has almost supped. Why have you left the chamber? | DYAL BMCTHEA He ahs mlasot fiehdnsi idnren. Why did uyo avele hte nigidn moro? |
| MACBETH 30 Hath he asked for me? | MEABHTC Has he ekdas rof me? |
| LADY MACBETH Know you not he has? | LDYA EHCTABM ntDo uoy wnok he sah? |
| MACBETH We will proceed no further in this business. He hath honored me of late, and I have bought Golden opinions from all sorts of people, Which would be worn now in their newest gloss, 35 Not cast aside so soon. | HTCBMEA We ncta go on hitw htis lapn. hTe gkin ash sjtu nerdoho me, dan I veha nredae hte oogd ioponni of all srsot of eepopl. I atnw to yjone eehts ohsnro ehilw the egeilnf is rfesh dan ont thrwo meht waay so oson. |
| LADY MACBETH Was the hope drunk Wherein you dressed yourself? Hath it slept since? And wakes it now, to look so green and pale At what it did so freely? From this time Such I account thy love. Art thou afeard 40 To be the same in thine own act and valor As thou art in desire? Wouldst thou have that Which thou esteemst the ornament of life, And live a coward in thine own esteem, Letting I dare not wait upon I would, 45 Like the poor cat i th adage? | DYLA CHBAETM rWee ouy ndkru ewhn uoy smeeed so fplheou eobref? Hvae yuo ngoe to spele adn okwne up egenr dan pale in eraf of tish iade? Form won on ihts is athw llI tikhn of uyro evlo. eAr oyu raafid to cta teh ayw uoy seeird? llWi oyu aetk teh wnocr ouy tnwa so dably, or will uyo ivle as a oadcrw, syawal nysaig I tanc treaf you say I tawn to? reuYo keil het proo cat in eth lod rtyos. |
| MACBETH Prithee, peace: I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more is none. | BTHMECA selPea, ptso! I aerd to do noyl what is perpor fro a mna to do. He woh dasre to do orme is nto a man at all. |
| LADY MACBETH What beast was t, then, That made you break this enterprise to me? When you durst do it, then you were a man; 50 And to be more than what you were, you would Be so much more the man. Nor time nor place Did then adhere, and yet you would make both. They have made themselves, and that their fitness now Does unmake you. I have given suck, and know 55 How tender tis to love the babe that milks me. I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums And dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this. | LYAD TMCEHAB If yuo ntwree a man, ehtn ahtw nkid of amlina ewer uyo ewhn ouy frtis oldt me uoy dawten to do thsi? nWeh uyo aedrd to do it, sttah hwne yuo were a anm. dnA if you go noe etps rthfuer by idnog hwta you deard to do erofbe, ullyo be htat cmhu mreo eth amn. Teh temi nda lpcea etwnre hirtg eroefb, but you uwdlo evah nego dhaae hitw het rdumre nyohwa. Nwo eht meit dan cplae ear jtsu tihrg, but yrhete moatsl oot gdoo rfo uyo. I evah cukelsd a byab, nad I onkw ohw wseet it is to levo het aybb at my tsearb. tuB vene as het byba swa lsimign up at me, I wdulo hvea lupekdc my lpipne otu of ist tmuho and sesmhda sti airnsb tou tgniasa a allw if I had ronws to do htta eth mase ayw you hvae wosrn to do htis. |
| MACBETH If we should fail? | TEHACMB tuB if we lfai |
| LADY MACBETH We fail? 60 But screw your courage to the sticking-place, And well not fail. When Duncan is asleep Whereto the rather shall his days hard journey Soundly invite himhis two chamberlains Will I with wine and wassail so convince 65 That memory, the warder of the brain, Shall be a fume, and the receipt of reason A limbeck only: when in swinish sleep Their drenchd natures lie as in a death, What cannot you and I perform upon 70 The unguarded Duncan? What not put upon His spongy officers, who shall bear the guilt Of our great quell? | ALDY TMAHECB We, alfi? If yuo etg oryu gurecoa up, we cnta aifl. Wnhe cuDann is saeheptel syda adrh jnuroye sah dyfieietln eamd imh dtlrIeil etg sih two naervtss so rukdn ttha ithre rmmoye wlli go up in smkoe tughhro eht yicsmhen of trihe bsainr. hnWe heyt lie palees eikl psig, so nrkdu hetlyl be ddae to eth wlrod, wtah town yuo nad I be elba to do to het ganddurue aunDnc? dnA evaetwrh we do, we nca yla lal het baeml on het kernnud tnraesvs. |
| MACBETH Bring forth men-children only, For thy undaunted mettle should compose Nothing but males. Will it not be received, 75 When we have marked with blood those sleepy two Of his own chamber and used their very daggers, That they have done t? | BEMHTCA Mya ouy oyln egvi hbtir to mlea rdhinecl, aeucbes uyro sreelsfa iritps uodhls eatrec nhoting atht inst ulseacnim. nOec we ehav ercedvo eth two asrtesvn hwti obldo, adn deus rheti grdasge to llki, wton eppoel lviebee atth hyet eerw teh lptcisru? |
| LADY MACBETH Who dares receive it other, As we shall make our griefs and clamor roar Upon his death? | YLDA TEMACBH oWh oucld inkth it hadneepp nya ehrot way? leWl be rinegvig dylolu ehnw we hrae htat cDnaun ahs iedd. |
| MACBETH I am settled, and bend up 80 Each corporal agent to this terrible feat. Away, and mock the time with fairest show. False face must hide what the false heart doth know. | AMBCEHT Nwo Im deddiec, nda I lwil eextr erevy lecusm in my byod to mcimot hsti rmcie. Go own, and tendper to be a nrdlyfei hsssoet. eiHd htwi a slfae asnptlea fcea hwta uoy wonk in yoru flaes, evli etrha. |
| Exeunt | hTey tixe. |
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